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NAZA Sets Venice Record With 24.5-Minute Standing Ovation
NAZA is a documentary about Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
It was directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.
The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
People applauded for 24.5 minutes, the longest ovation reported in the festival’s history.
Some audience members held Palestinian flags.
The documentary includes interviews with 24 Israeli military intelligence officers and soldiers.
Its title refers to a term used in Israeli intelligence for expected civilian deaths from an airstrike.
The directors filmed much of the project secretly at night in Tel Aviv.
They said they wanted to examine the military system using their access to Israeli society.
NAZA received a 24.5-minute standing ovation at its Venice Film Festival premiere.
The ovation surpassed the previous 22-minute record set by The Voice of Hind Rajab.
The documentary was directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, known for No Other Land.
NAZA examines Israel’s military operations in Gaza through interviews with 24 Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers.
The film was produced by The Guardian and JW Films, with Jonathan Glazer as executive producer.
- Who
- Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor made the documentary, with Jonathan Glazer serving as executive producer.
- What
- NAZA received a record 24.5-minute standing ovation and examines Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
- Where
- The premiere took place at the Venice Film Festival; much of the documentary was filmed at night from rooftops in Tel Aviv.
- When
- The film premiered on Thursday at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
- Why
- The directors said they wanted to examine the military system and its operations using their access to Israeli military personnel and society.
Key facts
- Ovation length
- 24.5 minutes
- Previous Venice record
- 22 minutes, set by The Voice of Hind Rajab last year
- Directors
- Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
- Interview subjects
- 24 Israeli military intelligence officers and soldiers
- Production period
- Three years
- Executive producer
- Jonathan Glazer
- Producers
- The Guardian and James Wilson of JW Films
Quotes
Yuval Abraham
Israeli filmmaker and co-director of NAZA
“As Israelis, we found ourselves wanting to use the kind of position that we have — the access that we have to people in our own society who went into the military — to look at that system as it carried out what all human rights organizations are saying is a genocide.”
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